Floorboard
(noun)
- A board forming part of the floor of a building.
- A board or a set of boards making up the flooring of a vehicle, such as a car or a truck.
Origin:
Floor + board.
Examples:
- He removed a loose floorboard to access the crawl space.
- The floorboards creaked as she walked across the room.
- She had to replace the rotting floorboards in her porch.
- The mechanic lifted the car"s hood and found a rat"s nest in the floorboards.
- He heard a squeaking noise coming from the floorboards of his car.